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Silver-backed chevrotain caught on camera after it was feared lost to science. Ian Sample Science editor @iansample – Play Video 0:32 Mouse deer spotted in Vietnam for first time in 30 years – video A distinctly two-tone mouse deer that was feared lost …
We know what happens if you get too close… By Janie Hoormann – Can Earth be affected by a black hole in the future? – Rakovi, age 12, Dimapur, India. As we know, black holes are called that because the gravity in their …
“We really might be known as the Plastic Age.” By Nina Pullano – We’ve found tiny plastic particles in the depths of the ocean and the air we breathe, fragments of car tires and plastic bags among them. Plastic pollution may seem like …
What a shock, said no dog lover ever. By Robby Berman – Stella on the Button Board. Hunger4Words A speech language pathologist has taught her puppy Stella to use 29 words. Stella “speaks” by stepping on large buttons programmed with recordings of words. …
Freeze it, boil it, or expose it to radiation. The water bear shrugs it off. Now we know why. By Philip Perry – Medically accurate model of a tardigrade or water bear. – The tardigrade, also known as the moss piglet or water …
New research finds how power dynamics shape the speech of men and women. By Paul Ratner – A new psychology study finds differences in speech patterns between men and women. Men tend to use more abstract language, while women focus more on the …
November 10, 2019 – The PhoneBook is a plug-and-play device that turns any smartphone into a laptop. Anyware Technologies. – Our phones are incredibly powerful little computers, letting us work, play and stay connected no matter where we go. But that portability can …
By James Holloway – Traditional chinampas photographed in 1912. Karl Weule. – By 2050, the UN thinks there will be nearly 10 billion people on planet Earth, with 68 percent living in urban areas. Both numbers pose serious questions as to how we’ll feed …
By Adam Williams – Marco de Groot from the Netherlands took this aerial photograph of the Camp Adventure Observation Tower in Gisselfeld Klosters Forest, Denmark, by EFFEK. It was entered into the Sense of Place category. Marco de Groot/APA19/Sto. – The World Architecture Festival …
by Abbey Ryan – Nothing is quite as gross as learning simple statistics about gross bugs and their affiliation with human beings. – The eyelash mite, for instance, the Demodex folliculitis or Demodex mite, is a parasite that can be found in facial …
